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THE STATE DEBT.

The following tables show the total
debt as reported by the Treasurer on the
first days of January in 1876 and 1877
and the nature of the increase or
decrease as the case may be.
The non-payable debt as stated, cores
ponds with the Treasures report except
that in 1876, he deducts FROM the Com
School Fund ($S30,S78.1s) the sum of
$50, 626.2l, being part of that Fund and
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Kinds County Executive Committee

The following is the Executive Com
mittee elected by the Convention on
Monday last:
First District. w. johnson, F. B.
Neal, E. S. Middleton, Jr.
Second District. w. Todd, E.
Matthews, w. T. Henry.
Third District-J. K. McNeely, G. w.
Luster, NJ. A. Stewart.
Fourth Distriet-W. D. Carmichael,
j. w. Smith, ID. g. McRae.
Fifth Districts. p. Head. p. w.
PEBBLES, Henry Strauss.
For the Couhty-at-Large-R. j. Hard
ing, d. 5. Fearing and I'll. Peyton.
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also Of the abalance In the treasury
By authority of the Legislature, in 1876,
this amount (s60, e26 81 was transferred
from the Common School Fandp to
the Common School Fund, Distribu-
tive" which had the effect of accom-
plishing exactly what the Treasurer had
already done. There ID this other differ
ence: the uncancelled warrants belong
ing to the Chickasaw School Fund
which in 1876 amountedto s1s5, 1897
in 1877 amounted to S1S5, 269.97.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

JAMES G. BLAINE has given great of.
Tense to the citizens of Dublin by slip
ping off to Liverpool instead of attend
ing banquet arranged especially tc
compliment him, and at which he prom
Used to be present. Such conduct viii
not promote his presidential aspirations
with Irishmen on this side the great
nnnd
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hands of the general public.

hands of the general public.
To relieve the qualms of an over-eon-
scientious "Book- Keeper" who writes to
the Vicksburg Post, to the effect that
our figures are not to be relied on be-
cause of our admission that we may
make mistakes, we say that the figures
in to-day's paper and the deductions
drawn from them are strictly accurate,
and can be verified to the satisfaction of
the most exacting. And we say, now, as
much for all future statements that we
may make concerning the State debt,
not intending thereby to admit that we
have heretofore made any material mis-
take except in the statement of the in
crease of the debt from January /, 1886,
to July l, 1887
We are advised that of the bonds is
sued under the provisions of the Act of
1886, only $401, 900 we're outstanding to
July l, 1887, as S41, 00S were issued dur
ing the month of July. We reported
the amount at s449, 1000. This mistake,
with some other immaterial errors, will
necessitate a recasting of that part of
our debt statement. We will make it
right before we finish it. No very
surprising reduction in the debt alleged
by us to exist July l, 1887, need be look
ed for.
1t seems to us that persons honestly
differing with us in our mode of stating
accounts, or in the conclusions we reach,
would be willing to correspond with us
over their own proper signatures. We
are prepared to furnish any amount of
specific information not embraced in
matter already printed or to be printed,
and to give reasons for our conclusions,
but we ought not to be expected to re
ply to the anonymous criticisms of those
who seem more intent on clouding the
subject than in making it clear.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17
Delegates to District Convention

The following were elected by the
Raymond Convention as delegates to
the Ninth Judicial District Convention,
and instructed to vote for r. n. Miller,
the present incumbent, for district attor-
ney: r. J. Harding, II. G. Roberts, 81.
c. Sharkey, r. E. Stratton, J. j. Hal
bert, r. B. Wells, L. A. Moss and T.
McClelland.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

ONE of the most horrible railroad ac-
cidents of the century took place near
Chatsworth, ILL.,, a few nights since, by
which nearly one hundred persons were
killed and about one hundred and fifty
wounded. Two engines and several
cars of an excursion train bound for
Niagara Falls, fell through a bridge
which had been fired, it is supposed, for
the purpose of wrecking and robbery.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

The survivors of Armstrong; Bri-
gade bad grand reunion at Grenada
on Thursday last. Several thousand
people were present. Col. F. A. Mont
gomery. Of Bolivar, presided Major
B. G. Adams delivered felicitous adj
dress Of welcome. Gen. r. q. Waithall
was the orator Of the day, and his ad-
dress was well worthy Of the man and
the occasion. A splendid barbecue and
. social time generally occupied the
balance Of the day. Gen. Walthali
made an earnest appeal for contribu-
tions to the Confederafe 3(6nrment,
and the Commands represented resolved
70 raise : handsome snm for that
atriotic object.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

The Raymond Convention was fortu-
nate in the choice Of its officers. Hon.
l.. Barksdale presided as if he were "at
home" in the position, and Messrs W.
J. Davis, J. X. Coleman and l.. F. Chiles
were the efficient Secretaries.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

The Democrats of Jefferson county,
in their primary election on Saturday
last, said to all the present county Off
GERS: "Well done, good and faithful ser
wants, we will try you for another term"
The closest contest was for the Office of
sheriff. Mr.. Truly received handsome
majority for district attorney, but the
result of the Convention in Lincoln
gives the nomination to Mr.. McLain.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

THE State Alliance will hold its Con
vention in jackson on Wednesday next
oath. The attendance promises to b,
quite large, as good many County AL
liances have been organized during tn,
past wear.
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The State Debt.
Biloxi Heral'

Biloxi Herald
1t is evident that the taxes must be rails
ed or expenses reduced. From the tabular
statement by The CLARION, it appears
that the State is paying SIS, 1896. 80 in
terest on and per cent. bonds. The
taxes ought to be increased 50 as to Gre
ate sinking fund to pay eff this debt.
Why should the State of Mississippi pay
interest on borrowed money, when it is
abundantly able to pay the debt? We
believe fair equalization of the assess
ments of real and personal property
throughout the State will bring up the
receipts equal to the Disbursements.
without increasing the levy. It Is the
imperative duty Of the next Legislature
to 60 fully into the question of the
State debt and expenditures, and, if nee
essary, increase taxation.
We hope there viii be no Sinking.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

Mr.. J. K. ALMoN, editor of the Ack-
erman Guardian, has announced the
close Of the career of that journal The
material will be used in the publication
of the Democrat, at Durant.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17
oKTIBBEHA COUNTY.

The primary nominees are: Senate
A. A. Montgomery Representatives. j.
Carroll, j. III. Askew; H I. Saunders
sheriff C. E. Gay, chancery clerk I. NJ
Cummings, circuit clerk; A. +. DAVIS
treasurer; 5. B. Critz, assessor; NJ. 4
Owens, coroner 4. d. Cooper, surveyor.
In the District Convention, Hon. Nj. h
Butler, was nominated by acclamatlon tol
district attorney-his third term.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

PRINCE FERDINAND has assumed the
government of Bulgaria When he en-
tered the sobranjo he was greeted with
prolonged cheering. He signed the Con
stitution and issued proclamation.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17
PATENTS

Granted cltlzenS Of MISSISSIPPI t'i ~. ~ 3
July, 1887, and reported expressly ior lstset,
ION by J. TAREELL q Co., solicitors o. So
Washington: D: G:
Christian Olsen, Condensation indieS'
tor.
Benz. n. Deblieux, Bay St. Louls---'u'
lock.
Jordan 2. Mathis, Bently-Grass kiIl5l.
Edwin T. Wade, Wesson-Char bottom,
Henry K. Ruger, Bay St. Louis-in'1'4
tor. Iii.
The grass killer patented by Mr.. Man. i.,-i.
is thus described by the Scientific A l.s.5
can: sit consists Of blade to Pc N, ~
with pillow stock or in a similar way IN. 1u'
blade being formed of plate curEea l. Ito to
edge to edge and cut out IN the oen.,- ii.
form side plates, and also having re 4IIi \.
verving blades, the side blades s.I I sr,ss
the row of plants and cutting ths u.
cllcese 10 and upon both sides, ana :n -.
vice being verg cheap, simple anu
tive"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17
Unwarranted Warfare.
Hattiesburg Democrat

Hattiesburg Democrat.
Some of our own State papers, we are
sorry to say, are making an unwarranted
warfare upon our State government.
While the Democrat does not approve
in toto, of the management of our State
affairs, at the same time we cannot see
the good to be derived in publishing II
the world the condition of things ten
times worse than they really are.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

Mr.. E. L. MARTIN, of the Neac Missis
sippian, is candidate for Clerk of the
House, and Mr.. VIII D. Cowan, of the
Greenwood Enterprise, is candidate for
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17
Primary Nominations.
cunrAW- couNTY.

The primary nominees are Z. +. Noel,
district attorney; Lafayette Robinson,
representative VIM. Roberts, sheriff =.
Wiley White, chancery clerk 5. b. Doobs,
circuit clerk; W. A. Edwards, treasurer
E. B. Weaver, assessor; L. j. Staples, cot
ton weigher.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

SEVERAL hundred persons resident in
Ireland draw pensions quarterly from
the United States.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

AT the District Convention in Du
rant yesterday, Hon. L. f. Noel was de
clared by acclamation the nominee fol
District Attorney.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

a PORTION CT the Governments sur
plus cash could be used in the reduction
Of letter postage to one cent.
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What Drug Will scour These A''
lish Hence?

Wicked Macbeth, who murdered - 4:
King Duncan, asked this question . y
DESPAIR. Thousands OF victims q n. NJ 'n-
are daily asking what will seoqr ~, s.
purities from my blood and eTlnf Dis
Reaith?n DR.. Pierce's Golden Mediea Iis-
covery viii do it. When the parP'Ih esl-
tide is sluggish, causing drowslnes ,ss,aadsr
ache and loss of appetite, use TINS y Ty forsss
full v;taIizer which never fails. IL, i oat
the liver into perfect action; ar ~ Ibesla
superhuous bile, brings the glow .t u d ths
to the check and the natural spaiA's
eve. All druggists.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

ABOUT the middle of September, a
vote will be taken in Tennessee on the
question of prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of spirituous liquors.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

WITHOUT WEAKNESS there is no rest in
life, even as without hunger there d 10
relish Of bread.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

Coz. Henry WATrBRsoS. in discus 3
ing the subject of prohibition, I saar.
one of his letters to the Courie5,sO5a Be
that if he 'scould annihllate dIln no,,uls
would do so. According to all aceo sbars
he has done good Kentuekiah he pssi
twenty Observation-Disclosures.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

1T Is sometimes hard to tell where busi-
ness sagacity leaves off and downright
fascaiity begins.-W hitehall Times.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

THE man who was to publish = NosAs
per to suit everybody fell on. S9s.srtissr.
ark and drowned.-Cape Ann Au'''
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

THERE are al Senators and Represen
tatiyes elected to the F'iftieth Congress
who were not in the Forty ninth. About
twenty of these have served in previous
CONGRESSES,
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

With the tables of receipts and dis
bursements for 1876 and 1877 before US
it is easy to find what the cash balance
in the treasury January l, 1878, should
be, as follows:
Decrease in receipts for 1871. Sle7,ofo ~
Increase in disbursements ior 900, a,
1877 .-...t.............. s'i'"f %
Difference to credit of 1876. S22SoS3 20
Increase In current funds in 1876;
Current funds Jan. 1, 1s77...@S6S6,2s2 80
Current funds Jan. l, 1870. 524,SSs es
Increase in 1876 ....... sl11,s93 e.
Difference to credit of 1s76-..S22s,5s3 %
Increase in 1s76.....-..........--.-- lll,o95 %
Decrease in 1877 . 1869 IS
D,es-.nca 10 credit of 1876. s22s $50 rs
Current funds Jan. l. lS77--.-. so9o,Lsa 81
Decrease in 1S77...-............-.... iAo'ooS 20
$50 .'..... S51e, 500 81
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

FOREIGN syndieates are getting hold
of all the available land in the West,
the Northwest, and the South. There
is very little of the public domain left
now for actual settlers. Is is not
time for Americans to pause and think
-Ex.
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THE TOTAL DEBT.

1t will be seen that the total debt
reported by the Treasurer January 1,
1876, was $3,341 1929. There were
current funds" in the treasury amount
ing to 1924, 388.68; so that the total debt
less current funds" January /, 1876,
was $2,8l6,774 q.
The payable debt, less current funds
January /, 1876, was 1886, 1928, found
as follows:
Total debt January /, 1876 s3,3H,1 SO
N0n-payable debt. ST $50 2S1 80
Current unds. ............. 524353 IS 1854 $50 0e
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iG'ai aeo' ieas ouils. .l., 816774 q
i1ul is asD' less 800 54 II
Decrease in total debt less current. ooo =.
funds ..- -----.-----.s zoo'o@o VI
Payable debt less current funds Janu- 90. 400 o,
a AIRY ds,t less current funds Janu '''-
ar TDIe 81 743o94 81
Decrease in payable debt less current 80. .,
$4,000 %
Decrease in total debt omit =.
ting cash account. IA, 10 4
Current funds Jan. /, 1sT7...S636 ,2S2 30 - =.
Current funds Jan. l, 1876. 52iSs8 6o hl,o9S ~
Decrease In total debt less /.
current funds. zoo,uzV Us
De Gommo 1 sehool Fund. -. 1871 u
Decrease in payable debt 40
less current funds.........- $3.50 q
NorE.-The discrepancy of 500 in
the proof of the decrease in the payable
| debt arises from the fact that the Treas
urer deducted from the total debt for
| 1877, the sum of 1885,, 269.97 uncancelled
warrants, whereas the amount deducted
| in 1876 was 1856, 1884 difference OF
800.
The following tables show the differ
ences in the receipts and disbursements
for the years 1876 and 1877, and the
causes of the increase or decrease, as the
case may be:
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

The total debt reported by the Treas
urer January /, 1877, was $3,197, 036. AZ,
and there were Current funds" amount
ing to $3.50, 28230; so that the total
debt less current funds" January l.,
1877, was 81, $50, 75417.
The payable debt less Current funds"
January l, 1877, was s743, 094.51, found
as follows:
Total debt January /, 1877 sS,197, OS6 AZ
Non-payable debt............si, 81 1853 &C
| Current funds ...... 636, 2o2 SO 2,453,9 &c
| IA, 094 81
The following table proves the figures
showing a decrease in the debt during
1876, and the amount of it:
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

'Supervisor-E. M. Scott, 9.63.
NJ agistrates-W. FL. Harris, IL 43.
NJ. I. Morrison, 11.31.
Constables-H. L. McGowen, $500.
w. r. Harvey, $500.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

are his. The discrepancies between the
decrease of total and payable debts are
partly explained when the fact is known
that the Treasurer does not deduct the
current treasury balance (cash) from
the total debt, but does deduct it from
the PAYABLE debt. For instance: The
increase in currency between January
/, 1876, and January l, 1877, was S111,
S9362. That amount was credited Oh
the payable debt and not ON the total
debt. Add it to the former or deduct
it from the latter and the discrepancy
will not be so great. Whatever it is, il
has been accounted for to a cent in
to-day's CLARION.
4. If THE CLARION has only given
the actual payable deb. one time, it i:
the Treasurer's fault. We followed after
him and he gave it only once.
5. That is the way the Treasurer
ascertains it, as we have already shown
and it is the proper way.
6. The CLARION 1--WE do not speak
for Bro. Burkitt) has not attempted to
increase or reduce the debt. 1t is deter
mined, however, to find out what the
debt is, where it is, and how it got
there, all the same.
z. The uncancelled warrants which
amounted to 1856, 1897 in 1876, and to
a hundred dollars more in 1877, were
treated by the Treasurer in his total
debt statement as Part of the "outstand-
ing warrants" and credited as belonging
to the State in the payable debt state
ment until 1888, when they were dropped
out of the dett statement entirely. II
required no outlay by the Seate to get rid
of them and it was an apparent though
not an actual decrease of the States debt.
s. The States debt was increased in
1876, by the States acceptance of the
Agricultural College Scrip, the proceeds
of which were invested in State bonds;
otherwise the State nas acted in bad
faith to the United States. That it
retired that amount of its own bonds
from circulation does not change the
fact that the bonds reissued are still a
part Of the States debt. The Treasurer
in his report made in January, 1877, so
treated it.
o. The CLARION confesses error in
adding the Agricultural bonds to the
total debt reported January !, 1885, for
purposes of comparison with the report
for 1876. The damage was not mate
rial, however, - it affected the total
1ebt only. The payable debt was prop
srly treated in the light Of the reports;
ind that ii the debt Of debts. It also
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17

CHAs. b. GALLOWAY,
Chairman State Pro. Elk. Com.
August 9, 1887.
The Irish standard., 1887-08-06

England has given to the Church one
Pope--Adrian tV.-Nicholas Break
speate-wflo ass we are told by William
Of Newburgil, in lsool ii. ''De I5ehus
Anglicis," was OF very humble nirtil
The Irish standard., 1887-08-06
Parnell and His Career

Mr.. l'arnell did not enter Parliament
until 1875. Few. if any, then though
of him as the coming leader of power
full party A landlord himself, q Pro
testant, only half All Irisbman, will
aristtcrsltic connections and an English
university training, he was least likely
TO be the advocate Of a forward policy
in Irish Na5lonalisnl. The early fears
concerning him entertained by the
Home Rulers are quite elntelligible. Rui
he has belied them in every way. l5s
has all the qualities of an opposition
leader. 10 him has been attracted q
band Of ardent spirits, young and old.
He eau light If need be: he can diplo-
Matte If that be better. Cool. intrepid,
with keen mind and an unflinching
purpose, he is an enemy to be avoidec.
No situation seems to battle him, and
whilst others Eay rise to white heat Of
passion, be remains calm, And vet
there is a suppressed passion in his
words which powerfully appeals to the
nearer and reader. D In the earlier part
Of his Parliamentary career these
qualities were either lacking or IN
developed, and he then lost many -
point by his want of self-command.
Yet Mr.P Parnell cannot be said, as a
rule. to bear too much the burden Of
his position. He rather directs: others
work. His strange disappearances from
the. scene of action, which bafie the on
locker, and more than once have ap-
peared to endanger the success Of his
policy, have studied method III them.
They lend an inpresslveness t his ut
terances and appearances which might
not otherwise be secured. He is always
there when needed: and, it necessary,
10 one can throw more force into the
work than Parnell.
Charles Stewart Parnell is the de
scenda1 Of men who have won high po-
sition in their countTy's records His
father, John Henry i'arnell, of Avon
dale, County Wicklow, nephew Of Lord.
who was, as Sir. Henry Par
nell, an ardent Liberal married Miss
Stewart, daughter of Rear-A dmiral
Stewart, Of the American. Navy, s.Old
IIonside des," the hero of 1915. This lady
is the Mrs. Parnell of to-day, mother Of
the Irish leader. Heswas born at Avon
dale in 1916. rom an early age he was
educated entirely in England, finally.
graduating at Cant bridge It is to be
easily! underst TODD that his early lean
ings were Conservative and aristocratic,
but gra adually, as he began to take in
terest in politics. he leaned to the Ma
side Harper's Magazine for
The Irish standard., 1887-08-06

4
4 the: :3rd of May, posted il: your Office
/ l believe with my own hands, the most
1 urgent, conceivable letter, beseeching
that no sudden over-conidence, that nc
premature dropping of precautions.
leyen in the midst of hejoyful prospects
!, which seemed to be opening Up before
4 bhe nations, should be allowed to jeopar.
1 die the work Of International recon
ciliation. During the six on seven
months in which l had felt it incuul-
bent upon me to do what lay III my
humble power tosupply the gaps in the
direction of the constitutional move.
ment created by the wholesaleimprison-
ment of the Parliamentary leaders, I
| had the most ample opportunities Of OBJ
serving the deplorable and exasperatin g
operation of the policy Of driving dis
affection under the surface which is
again the watchWord OF an English
Government. ! had acted as MIR. Par
nell's representative at the Stafford
election. where the Land League:s
were enabled TO seat their Tory ally at
1.-THE. expense Of the Gladstonian canai-
date. had carried the written instruc~
tions Of MI. .Parnell out of Kilmainham
TO the Land League electors Of Derry,
urging the coalition of the Land League
voters with .thes Tory party against the
Gladstonian !, Solicitor General. On y
hundred occasions [ had been obliged
TO witness the expression OF fierce and
passionate reprobalion called out by the
news Of every fresh razzla among the
masses Of the Irish population. [ had
toc often heard also and had seen how
the desperate enemies Of Parliamentary
action we've finding a TOO fruitful soil.
for their theories in the minds OF thou
sands who were taught to see, in the
triumph Of Coercion, England's only
answer to constitutional agitation,
w hile the tidjngs Of the liberation of
untried prisoners. and the appointment
ct the almost affectionatelY esteemed
Lort1 Frederick CavenGlsh, filed Lib
erals and Parnellites with sanguine de-
light, / doubted that the loads OF haze
accumulated in SO many hearts during
30 long would become i'll an instant az
il they had never been. I felt that the
apparent triumph of Constitutionalisnl
III chat moment was only calculated 20
grad jnto;aisappointetl fury the party
of violence and revenge. I%fung my
self upon your hospitality. I entreated
you to publish Voice OF warning in
your columns. You preferred TO delay
my appeal until it was too late, and be-
fore your issue Of the 9th Of May, con-
tanning my. letter, reached the Irish
capital, the calculations Of violence
and revenge had triulnphed over Par
nellism and reconciliation, and the
green sod of the Phnnix Park Was
drenched with the life blood OF the grey
official and the martyr statesman. And,
fo1sooth, you are now the acouser Of
my former colleagues and myself. But
you shall have your jury. F. H.O'D.
The Irish standard., 1887-08-06

a laska through her. q Governor. refuses
to attend the cente ANIMAL Gel lebration Of
the constitute Oh because she is denied
the right corded und the constitu-i
ton To- other terri tories.